I tried Kagi, DDG, Bing and Brave Search. I was surprised that I kept getting good results from Brave. Still using it and generally don’t need to look elsewhere for most searches.
The others were more of a mixed bag.
Agreed. I'm expecting the Brave Index to let me down almost every time I use it, however it does a pretty good job.
I don't find the same results, but I see good results.
Take the last search ("bronze patina thickness"), where I wanted to know how thick a typical bronze patina is. The first brave result is a hardware store in Spokane (not even my state!) that sells door latches. The rest of the page is SEO content about watches.
The first result on Google links a paper and the results excerpt tells me 40-50um, up to 70um with prolonged exposure. The performance still isn't close for me despite the clear decline in Google search quality over the years.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patina
2. https://www.adamsbronze.com/bronze-patinas/
3. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/patin...
3a. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S23524...
4. https://www.corrosionpedia.com/important-facts-you-might-not...
5. https://www.accurateimageinc.com/CutMetals/Finish_CutBrnzPat...
Not a bit of it. I go out of my way to use DDG and it's almost always adequate. I said "almost."
I haven't tried the others you mentioned.
Edit: I just signed up for and tried Kagi. Strangely it seems to do well for searches based on my current physical location (despite never explicitly granting it permission to make use of that) but if I qualify my questions with "in America", not so well. But definitely better than DDG/Brave.